Soumya lead a team of 50 volunteers from Medtronic to Anjana. What an exciting way to commence the week! Our middle school children got to interact and spend a day with medical technology leaders. Visits and interactions such as these provide alternate learning platforms for our children. Thank you Soumya for your efforts and thank you TEAM MEDTRONIC – we hope to see you all often at our school.

Reuse Plastics workshop for Middle-School Students

Discarded Plastic Bottles converted into Hanging Flower Holders

DOCC (Development of Corporate Citizenship) Students of SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai conducted a session on “Leadership Building” and “Add Color to Life” Painting session.

Pushan Sengupta and Shyamala Pai with 10th Grade Students

Sri. Bhaskar Nagaraja, Sri. Samuel Dorairaj and Smt. Greeshma G.R of Intel visited the school to review Intel Projects ““Creating leaders of tomorrow public speaking workshops for high school students “ and “Developing Eco-friendly pesticides “. The day was also coincided with visit of Sri. Ajay and Sri. Vignesh from Sales Force and Soumya Bhat from Medtronics. The group engaged our high school children in our amphitheater in useful discussions.

Development of Corporate Citizenship program concluded on Tuesday, 20th June. The team gave final presentations on their projects and also useful suggestions to sustain the school. Karthik & Renu Dey presented Fund Raising plans, Anitesh and Aditi gave a plan for starting a student home at Anjana and the third team Pushan and Shyamala presented their work on the organic farming (a user guide to Organic Farming and Economics of Organic Farming).

World Yoga Day was celebrated at Anjana. Day long Yoga Sessions included discussions, demonstrations, practice sessions in types of Yoga, Psychic Physiology of Yoga, Introduction to Astaga Yoga, “Sit with Straight-Back to become intelligent”, Pranayama and Yoga Nidra. Obviously, the most enjoyable session was Yoga Nidra!

Team of 7th grade boys were excited that their science demonstration had worked – thanks to wind-free weather after several days. We had seen them trying out this activity for several days. Amazing and highly motivated team!

Children love computers; they love it more when they are told to rip it open! That’s exactly what Mahendran and Raghavan of Dad & Dude did on Saturday, 4th March 2017. Students of 7th grade had a field day learning through a practical approach. There was music too. Raghavan’s wife sang and also played the violin solo to entertain our children. A good way to introduce children to the world of computers, isn’t it?

Friday, 3rd March 2017 was a very special day. Nearly 75 Children of Anjana Vidya Kendra and an equal number of adults were taken on a new journey by Keerthi and his group! It was good to see a few parents as well. Most of them arrived on the campus prior to sunset. Several volunteers had gathered at Anjana. Mr. Mahendran and Glory with their children Kavin and Thalir had traveled from Attibele for the event. The event started with an introductory talk by Keerthi introducing celestial sphere to the audience and how to use sky charts. Children got to learn about the commonly observed objects in the sky and the difference between eclipse and

The event started with an introductory talk by Keerthi introducing celestial sphere to the audience and how to use sky charts. Children got to learn about the commonly observed objects in the sky and the difference between eclipse and moon-days. He also explained how a telescope works and the difference between refraction and reflective types. Team PRAYAS who organized the event had also arranged chocolates as prizes for those giving correct answers.

While children got busy viewing 3-D sky objects Keerthi and his team set up his telescope to view Venus before its descent. It was a sight to watch the crescent Venus through the telescope. A group of children were kept engaged with binoculars. Everyone enjoyed viewing Mars and the craters on the crescent moon. The Tamarind Rice Dinner provided by Mr. Anantharaman added to the joy of the occasion.

18th February 2017, Saturday was a memorable day for children of Anjana School and nearly 600 children of schools nearby. The excitation and enthusiasm of children celebrating science created a festive atmosphere. The annual event was inaugurated by Sri. Nambi Ganesh, Asia Pacific Cheif of Delphi. Several members of team PRAYAS were present on the occasion to encourage our children. Sri. Gokul Subramanyam distributed certificates to young entrepreneurs of “Pehla Venture” program. Children had created working models and demonstrations from used and recycled items. There were no ready-to-demonstrate models purchased from the market Every Child of every grade participated in the event, including preschoolers.